Collins v. H. F. Lewis & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Lodoiska Collins, individually and as tutrix, against H. F. Lewis & Co., Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
The plaintiff claims damages, on her own account and on behalf of her minor son, for injuries received by him whilst in the employ of the defendant company, and,- as she alleges, by reason of its negligence. The defendant denies the charge of negligence, and imputes the injuries received by the minor to his own want of care. The ease was tried without a jury, and there was a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $1,500, from which the defendant has appealed.
The material facts, as we find them from the record, are as follows:
Albert Collins, plaintiff’s son, at that time a healthy boy, about 18…
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